Sit on a stone for three years and even it gets warm.
Japanese proverb, Rigen ruishu: ichigo senkin (1906)
Sit on a stone for three years and even it gets warm.
Japanese proverb, Rigen ruishu: ichigo senkin (1906)
The source
"Sit on a stone for three years and even it gets warm." This Japanese proverb is recorded in Rigen ruishu: ichigo senkin (1906). Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.
"石の上にも三年"Original Japanese, Rigen ruishu: ichigo senkin (1906). Japanese: Rigen ruishu: ichigo senkin (1906), NDL digital text.
Who said it
Proverbs of the world (Every age). Sayings from the Latin, Greek, Norse, Japanese, Chinese and more, each traced to an old source in its own language.
Questions
- Who said "Sit on a stone for three years and even it gets warm."?
- Japanese proverb. Source: Rigen ruishu: ichigo senkin (1906).
- What is the original Japanese?
- 石の上にも三年. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.
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